. Philadelphia and its environs . UP THE WISSAHICKON—THE DRIVE. A mile and a half of rugged scenery ensues, terminating in the open sunlight and beautifullandscapes of Chestnut Hill, where the end of the Park is reached. Watson, in his Annals of Philadelphia, speaks thus of The Wissahickon: This romantic creek and scenery, now so much visited and familiar to many, was not long since an extremelywild, unvisited place, to illustrate which I give these facts, to wit: Enoch and Jacob Rittenhouse, residents there,told me in 1845 that when they were boys the place had many pheasants; that they snare
. Philadelphia and its environs . UP THE WISSAHICKON—THE DRIVE. A mile and a half of rugged scenery ensues, terminating in the open sunlight and beautifullandscapes of Chestnut Hill, where the end of the Park is reached. Watson, in his Annals of Philadelphia, speaks thus of The Wissahickon: This romantic creek and scenery, now so much visited and familiar to many, was not long since an extremelywild, unvisited place, to illustrate which I give these facts, to wit: Enoch and Jacob Rittenhouse, residents there,told me in 1845 that when they were boys the place had many pheasants; that they snared a hundred of them. THE WISSAHICKON—THE HERMITS POOL. GLEN- 84 PHILADELPHIA AND ITS ENVIRONS.
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